The Rijksmuseum is launching the new Collection Online platform. It makes the Rijksmuseum collection more accessible than ever before, with 800,000 high-resolution art works, 500,000 books, and 800 linear metres of documentation – all in one place.
The combination of Linked Open Data and AI technology means visitors to this attractive online environment can now easily search the collection to gather, download and share images and information. Collection Online sees the Rijksmuseum setting a new standard for sharing heritage data.
The Rijksmuseum has built a dedicated infrastructure that connects multiple data systems to interlink all the information about the collection. The museum did this using Linked Open Data, a universal method for releasing structured data in the public domain. In line with the Information and Data Policy, the Rijks will continue to add new data to Collection Online, such as archival material and the research results yielded by Operation Night Watch. With time Collection Online may also incorporate links to data from other museums. In this way, we will ensure that digital knowledge on art and history becomes increasingly findable and usable around the globe.
Unlock and endlessly explore the Rijksmuseums' treasure trove of art, history and knowledge using the Collection Online search bar and the hundreds of automatically generated thematic pages. Create personal collections from 800,000 online images, compare objects, and even make your own interactive video clip. Use the 360 virtual Gallery of Honour to curate your own personal exhibition of masterpieces. Getting to know the collection is even easier now with the Art Explorer. Use this AI-supported tool to answer all your probing questions and get inspiring and unexpected suggestions from the collection.
Anna Melnykova, "Palace of Labor (palats praci), architector I. Pretro, 1916", shot with analog Canon camera, 35 mm Fuji film in March 2022.
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